Numbers of International Students Studying in Germany in 2000 and 2002

Table Prepared By:

David Comp
International Higher Education Consulting
http://ihec-djc.blogspot.com/

Top ten leading places of origin for international students in Germany, 2000 and 20021

2000 2002 % change

1 Turkey 23,640 China 27,017 196.6
2 Poland 9,328 Poland 14,303 53.3
3 China 9,109 Bulgaria 13,168 n/a
4 Greece 7,516 Russia 11,352 62.5
5 Russia 6,987 Morocco 8,627 39.1
6 Italy 6,771 Turkey 7,946 -66.4
7 Iran 6,359 France 7,719 23.6
8 France 6,246 Ukraine 6,811 n/a
9 Morocco 6,204 Cameroon 6,584 n/a
10 Austria 6,127 Austria 5,903 -3.7
TOTAL 185,179 TOTAL 22.6

U.S.A. 5,116 U.S.A. 5,587 9.2

1
Table obtained from: Adria Gallup-Black, “International Student Mobility in Europe: What a Difference Two Years Makes,”
IIENetworker (Spring, 2005), 22. Data on American students obtained from Institute of International Education 2006 Open Doors.
The purpose of this table is to demonstrate that while Germany remains a top study abroad destination of American students their total
numbers do not even make the top ten leading places of origin for international students in Germany during 2000 and 2002.